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"This was a landmark album for Rory. He finally tried something different and it worked. I wonder how much of it had to do with Roger Glover producing it along with Rory." Reply
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Jasonconfused | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Who knew that one of the year's best records would be a Taylor Swift cover album? Ryan Adams exceeds all expectations, and not only makes something better than what was already there, but elevates the material to something emotionally authentic, thoughtfully crafted, and surprisingly powerful. Do..." [+] Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Ok we were all shocked in 1978 that Ace Frehley could put out an entire album's worth of material by himself...that it was this good is doubly shocking. Obviously he was holding out on KISS. "Rip It Out" should have been on a KISS record...and probably also "Speedin" Back To My Baby" and "Snowbli..." [+] Reply
"Completely agree with Goliath easily their best album. Punk energy and guitar but also at the same time have that bruce Springsteen full band, honky tonk piano, classic rock n roll sound too which I think makes them stand out from other groups at the time." Reply
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Rudeboy | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Bomb Squad produced 2 tracks on this, Prince Paul did 2 and the rest was Sam Sever with the band. Great record and the first time we got to hear MF Doom (Zev Love X) on Gas Face. They rip into Hammer on that track and further down the line the lads ran into serious trouble because if it. My favou..." [+] Reply
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Graeme2 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"For a #1 album (largely due to the mammoth success of Bette Davis Eyes) this album is pretty underrated. Almost nothing measures up to the classic lead track but as a whole you get a very solid album here and Kim has an unmistakable voice." Reply
"Olivier Messiaen was unusual, even for a 20th century composer, in that he was both a music theorist and an ornithologist. He made several compositions purporting to be transcriptions of birdsong recordings into music, mostly for piano and flute; this album contains most of his birdsong-based pia..." [+] Reply
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MadhattanJack | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 303 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,426 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,409 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,743 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,950 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 823 | 8% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 26 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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5,013 | 50% | |
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2,652 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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335 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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133 | 1% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
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| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Neil Young | |
| 10. Nirvana |
